Kentucky Behavioral Health Planning and Advisory Council
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About the Planning Council
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- What is the council?
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- The council serves as an advisory body to the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (DBHDID), which is the state mental health authority and single state agency for substance abuse services.
Federal law (Public Law 102-321) requires that every state receiving mental health block grant funds engage in a planning process with input from stakeholders, including consumers of mental health services, family members, other state agencies and providers.
In recent years, Kentucky has received more than $25 million annually in federal mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant funds:
1. To serve:- Adults with severe mental illness.
- Children with severe emotional disabilities and their families.
- Individuals who have, or are at risk of having, substance use and/or mental health disorders.
- Persons who are intravenous drug users.
2. To address the need for services among special populations, such as:- Women who are pregnant and have a substance use and/or mental disorder.
- Parents with substance use and/or mental disorders who have dependent children.
- Military personnel and their families.
- Persons who have, or are at risk of contracting, communicable diseases.
The council has several standing committees, including:- Executive Committee: This committee is charged with determining council meeting agendas and activities and conducting any council business that requires attention outside of meetings.
- Bylaws Committee: This committee reviews the bylaws, monitoring them for needed changes, and offers recommendations to the full council for approval or amendment.
- Membership Committee: This committee is charged with ensuring that the council follows both public laws and council bylaws of membership, recruiting and orienting new council members, making recommendations for officers of the council, and making recommendations to the Bylaws Committee regarding membership and nomination of officers.
- Finance and Data Committee: This committee is responsible for reviewing block grant allocations and deliverables of funded entities and making recommendations to the council regarding funding issues.
The council also creates ad hoc committees at its discretion. Currently such committees include:
- Policy and Advocacy Committee:This committee teaches advocacy skills and creates legislative goals for the council.
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- Who serves on the council?
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- State employee and provider members shall not exceed 50 percent of the total number of members of the Planning Council. Other representatives may include public and private entities concerned with the need and planning for, and the operation, funding and use of, behavioral health services and supports. The ratio of parents of children with severe emotional disability (SED) to other members of the council must be sufficient to provide adequate representation of such children in the deliberations of the council.
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- What are the council's duties?
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- The council shall do all of the following:
- Report directly to the Commissioner of DBHDID.
- Assist DBHDID in designing a comprehensive, recovery-oriented system of care.
- Advise DBHDID on the use of Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant (SAPTBG) funds and Mental Health Block Grant (MHBG) funds and on the quality of statewide, recovery-oriented behavioral health services.
- Review the biennial combined SAPTBG and MHBG Application and annual Implementation Report pursuant to Public Law 102-321, Section 1915 (a) and to submit recommendations to BHDID, prior to the September 1 and December 1 due dates, respectively.
- Advocate for individuals in recovery, children and youth with behavioral health challenges, and family members.
- Monitor, review and evaluate, no less than once a year, the allocation and quality of statewide, recovery-oriented behavioral health services.
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- Does the council participate in other behavioral health planning efforts?
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- Yes, the council attempts to stay abreast of national‑ and state-level activities, legislation, and local efforts of interest to individuals and families affected by mental health and substance abuse disorders. Consumer and family support networks are represented on the council and often bring information and recommendations to the group.
Nationally, states are adopting evidence-based behavioral health practices (EBPs) and promoting their use in local systems of care. EBPs are also one of the cross-cutting principles being promoted at the federal level by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Using the latest science-based information and federal grant resources, the council will be critical to efforts to implement EBPs by Regional MHID Boards in Kentucky.
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- Where can I find more information?
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- Click the "Sites of Interest" link in Related Links for a list of sites which contain more information.
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